Work & commute · Ladson

Work & commute in Ladson, SC

Most working residents leave Ladson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (29%), Charleston (15%) and Summerville (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 6,606 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,449 Ladson residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 2,876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ladson.

6,449live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

2,876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ladson goes to work

North Charleston6.8 mi away

29%1,943

Charleston14.8 mi away

15%998

Summerville4 mi away

7%454

Goose Creek5.8 mi away

4%296

Mount Pleasant19.9 mi away

4%286

Ladson (in town)right here

2%157

Columbia84.5 mi away

2%125

Moncks Corner15 mi away

2%120

Hanahan8.2 mi away

1%97

Greenville180.7 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,063

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ladson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

40%

17%

42%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ladson is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ladson are

3,033 jobs are based in Ladson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ladson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ladson

3,033 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Ladson residents hold

6,606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+56%

Jobs based in Ladson, 2013 → 2023: 1,946 → 3,033. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.